1942 Voćin massacre

Massacre of Serbs by Ustaše massacre against Serb civilians in WW2 Voćin massacre (disambiguation) Voćin massacre Croatia center Croatia Voćin 45.619861 17.547813 HR 75 6 left Voćin on the map of Croatia. Voćin, Independent State of Croatia (today Croatia) 45.619861 N 17.547813 E inline,title Serb civilians 14 January 1942 Summary executions 350 Ustaše The Voćin massacre was the killing of 350 Serb civilians in Voćin, Independent State of Croatia, by the Ustaše Croatian fascist organization on 14 January 1942, during World War II. The massacre was carried out as retaliation against the partisans' action in Papuk.Sjećanje na 350 nedužnih žrtava ustaškog terora https://www.virovitica.net/sjecanje-na-350-neduznih-zrtava-ustaskog-terora/20767/ January 15, 2013 Virovitica.net Background On 12 January 1942, in a direct fight between the Partisans and the Ustaše, five Ustaše were killed, and two wounded, one of whom died later.http://jadovno.com/arhiva/eng-lat-493/articles/komemoracija-pobijenim-srbima-vocinskog-kraja-lat.html Komemoracija pobijenim srbima voćinskog kraja Association of Descendants and Supporters of Victims of Complex of Death Camps NDH, Gospić-Jadovno-Pag 1941. January 14, 2013 September 18, 2018 September 19, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180919025221/http://jadovno.com/arhiva/eng-lat-493/articles/komemoracija-pobijenim-srbima-vocinskog-kraja-lat.html dead The Partisans withdrew to Papuk, and Ustaše returned to Voćin and waited for reinforcements from Osijek, Belišće and Virovitica. Massacre On 13 January, some 300 Ustaše and Domobran soldiers began with plundering and burning Serbian houses. Civilians who tried to escape or resisted were killed and all others were arrested and taken to Voćin. On the Serbian New Year, January 14, the biggest slaughter of the innocent population in Slavonia at that time started. Almost all the male inhabitants of the villages Jorgići, Zubovići, Dobrići, Kometnik and Sekulinci were killed. During the massacre, a total of 350 civilians were killed. Acts of individual heroism They led us to a small basement, and as there was no place for everyone, some were forced to lay down. From the group, I was saved by the gendarme sergeant Luka Mustafić, because he noticed that I was a boy of 15 years. He took me by the hand, pulled out of the cellar, took me to the municipal premises and let me go when everything was over, after the shooting. He managed to save nine more people who had the task of burying the dead. The fact that he had helped the Serbs and anti-fascists caused him problems; they began to threaten him, so he fled to Slavonski Brod. Savo Bojčić, the only living witness of the massacre Novosti right In addition to the victims, some managed to save many Serbs from Voćin and its surroundings. The Croat gendarme sergeant Luka Mustafić managed to save the lives of 10 Serbs during the massacre.Sjećanje na pokolj nevinih u Slavoniji http://arhiva.portalnovosti.com/2012/01/pokrajine-91/ Novosti Serb National Council January 21, 2012 Aftermath On the following day, Ustaše transported Serb corpses to a mass grave that was excavated east of Voćin, along the Voćinka river. The most significant consequence of this crime was the strengthening of the partisan movement in the area of Voćin and Podravska Slatina, exactly the opposite effect of what NDH's authorities tried to achieve.Scrinia Slavonica http://hrcak.srce.hr/77887 Filip Škiljan Stradanje Srba, Židova i Roma u virovitičkom i slatinskom kraju tijekom 1941. i početkom 1942. godine Hrvatski institut za povijest - Podružnica za povijest Slavonije, Srijema i Baranje Slavonski Brod X, 1 2010 360–362 1848-9109 Although during 1941 and early 1942 there were not many local residents in favor of active resistance, due to increasing existential threats, a large number of Serbs from the surrounding villages joined the partisan units. A memorial to the victims of this massacre was erected in 2007.https://www.ekspres.net/drustvo/ustaske-pretnje-srbima-u-vocinu-proci-cete-kao-43 USTAŠKE PRETNJE SRBIMA U VOĆINU: Proći ćete kao '43. Ekspres January 3, 2017 Antonije Kovačevićhttp://mondo.rs/a47117/Info/Ex-Yu/Bomba-na-spomen-obelezju-zrtvama-u-Vocinu.html Bomba na spomen-obeležju žrtvama u Voćinu January 14, 2007 mondo References Category:1942 mass murders Category:Massacres in 1942 Category:Massacres in the Independent State of Croatia Category:Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia Category:Independent State of Croatia Category:Massacres in Yugoslavia Category:Massacres of Serbs Category:January 1942 in Europe Category:1942 in Croatia Category:Yugoslavia in World War II